Taxpayer Accountability Act
Official title: A bill to improve transparency and efficiency with respect to audits and communications between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Taxpayer Accountability Act - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2044: Taxpayer Accountability Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2044/
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